Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home, Inc. - Number: 1 NT(Long … · 2018. 11. 5. · Number: 1 NT(Short Version) Acts 10:34-36, 42-43 A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Peter proceeded

Number: 1 NT(Long Version) Acts: 10:34-43

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Peter proceeded to speak and said, "In truth, I see that God

shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him

and acts uprightly is acceptable to him. You know the word that

he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus

Christ, who is Lord of all, what has happened all over Judea,

beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how

God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the holy Spirit and power.

He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by

the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he

did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put

him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on

the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people,

but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and

drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us

to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed

by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the

prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will

receive forgiveness of sins through his name."

The Word of the Lord

Number: 1 NT(Short Version) Acts 10:34-36, 42-43

A reading from the Acts of the Apostles

Peter proceeded to speak and said, "In truth, I see that God

shows no partiality. Rather, in every nation whoever fears him

and acts uprightly is acceptable to him. You know the word that

he sent to the Israelites as he proclaimed peace through Jesus

Christ, who is Lord of all. He commissioned us to preach to the

people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge

of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness,

that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of

sins through his name."


Number: 2 NT Romans 5:1-11

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Romans

Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been

poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been

given to us. For Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at

the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty

does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person

one might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for

us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How

much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will

we be saved through him from the wrath. Indeed, if, while we

were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of

his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by

his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our

Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received

reconciliation.




If, by the transgression of one person, death came to reign

through that one, how much more will those who receive the

abundance of grace and of the gift of justification come to reign

in life through the one person Jesus Christ.

In conclusion, just as through one transgression condemnation

came upon all, so through one righteous act acquittal and life

came to all. For just as through the disobedience of one person

the many were made sinners, so through the obedience of one

the many will be made righteous. The law entered in so that

transgression might increase but, where sin increased, grace

overflowed all the more, so that, as sin reigned in death, grace

also might reign through justification for eternal life through

Jesus Christ our Lord.


Number: 4 NT(Long Version) Romans 6:3-9


Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus

were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him

through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised

from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in

newness of life. For if we have grown into union with him

through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the

resurrection. We know that our old self was crucified with him,

so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might

no longer be in slavery to sin. For a dead person has been

absolved from sin. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe

that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised

from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over

him.


Number: 4 NT(Short Version) Romans 6:3-4. 8-9


Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus

were baptized into his death? We were indeed buried with him

through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised

from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might live in

newness of life. If, then, we have died with Christ, we believe

that we shall also live with him. We know that Christ, raised

from the dead, dies no more; death no longer has power over

him.




For those who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.

For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,

but you received a spirit of adoption, through which we cry,

"Abba, Father!" The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit

that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of

God and joint heirs with Christ, if only we suffer with him so

that we may also be glorified with him.

I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing

compared with the glory to be revealed for us. For creation

awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of

God; for creation was made subject to futility, not of its own

accord but because of the one who subjected it, in hope that

creation itself would be set free from slavery to corruption and

share in the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know

that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and

not only that, but we ourselves, who have the first

fruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves as we wait for

adoption, the redemption of our bodies.


Number: 6 NT Romans 8: 31b-35, 37-39


If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare

his own Son but handed him over for us all, how will he not also

give us everything else along with him? Who will bring a charge

against God's chosen ones? It is God who acquits us. Who will

condemn? It is Christ Jesus who died, rather, was raised, who

also is at the right hand of God, who indeed intercedes for us.

What will separate us from the love of Christ? Will anguish, or

distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the

sword? No, in all these things we conquer overwhelmingly

through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither

death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor present things,

nor future things, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any

other creature will be able to separate us from the love of God in

Christ Jesus our Lord.


Number: 7 NT Romans 14:7-9, 10b-12


None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if

we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord;

so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For this is

why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord of both

the dead and the living. For we shall all stand before the

judgment seat of God; for it is written:

"As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend before me, and

every tongue shall give praise to God."

So then each of us shall give an account of himself to God.


Number: 8NT(Long Version) 1Corinthians 15:20-24. 25-28

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians

Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who

have fallen asleep. For since death came through a human being,

the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.

For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought

to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the first fruits; then,

at his coming, those who belong to Christ; then comes the end,

when he hands over the kingdom to his God and Father, when

he has destroyed every sovereignty and every authority and

power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under

his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death, for "he

subjected everything under his feet." But when it says that

everything has been subjected, it is clear that it excludes the One

who subjected everything to him. When everything is subjected

to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to the one

who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all.


Number: 8NT(Short Version) 1Corinthians 15:20-24. 25-28


Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who

have fallen asleep. For since death came through a human being,

the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.

For just as in Adam all die, so too in Christ shall all be brought

to life, but each one in proper order: Christ the first fruits; then,

at his coming, those who belong to Christ.


Number: 9 NT 1 Corinthians 15:51-57


Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we

will all be changed, in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the

last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised

incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For that which is

corruptible must clothe itself with incorruptibility, and that

which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality. And when

this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and

this which is mortal clothes itself with immortality, then the

word that is written shall come about:

"Death is swallowed up in victory.

Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?"

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But

thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord

Jesus Christ.


Number: 10 NT 2 Corinthians 4:14 – 5:1

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians

We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us

also with Jesus and place us with you in his presence.

Everything indeed is for you, so that the grace bestowed in

abundance on more and more people may cause the

thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.

Therefore, we are not discouraged; rather, although our outer

self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an eternal

weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to what is

seen but to what is unseen; for what is seen is transitory, but

what is unseen is eternal.

For we know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be

destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made

with hands, eternal in heaven.

This is the Word of the Lord.

Number: 11 NT 2 Corinthians 5:1. 6-10

A reading from the second letter of Paul to the Corinthians

We know that if our earthly dwelling, a tent, should be

destroyed, we have a building from God, a dwelling not made

with hands, eternal in heaven.

So we are always courageous, although we know that while we

are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk

by faith, not by sight. Yet we are courageous, and we would

rather leave the body and go home to the Lord. Therefore, we

aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away. For we

must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each

one may receive recompense, according to what he did in the

body, whether good or evil.


Number: 12 NT Philippians 3:20-21

A reading from the letter of Paul to the Philippians

Our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a savior,

the Lord Jesus Christ. He will change our lowly body to

conform with his glorified body by the power that enables him

also to bring all things into subjection to himself.


Number: 13 NT 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Thessalonians

We do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, about

those who have fallen asleep, so that you may not grieve like the

rest, who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and

rose, so too will God, through Jesus, bring with him those who

have fallen asleep. Indeed, we tell you this, on the word of the

Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the

Lord, will surely not precede those who have fallen asleep. For

the Lord himself, with a word of command, with the voice of an

archangel and with the trumpet of God, will come down from

heaven, and the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are

alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the

clouds to meet the Lord in the air. Thus we shall always be with

the Lord. Therefore, console one another with these words.


Number: 14 NT 2 Timothy 2:8-13

A reading from the second letter of Paul to Timothy

Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of

David: such is my gospel, for which I am suffering, even to the

point of chains, like a criminal. But the word of God is not

chained. Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those

who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is

in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. This saying is

trustworthy:

If we have died with him

we shall also live with him;

if we persevere

we shall also reign with him.

But if we deny him

he will deny us.

If we are unfaithful

He remains faithful,

for he cannot deny himself.


Number: 15 NT 1 John 3:1-2

A reading from the first letter of John

See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be

called the children of God. Yet so we are. The reason the world

does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are

God's children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed.

We do know that when it is revealed we shall be like him, for

we shall see him as he is.


Number: 16 NT 1 John 3:14-16

A reading from the first letter of John

We know that we have passed from death to life because we

love our brothers and sisters. Whoever does not love remains in

death. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you

know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him. The

way we came to know love was that he laid down his life for us;

so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.


Number: 17 NT Revelation 14:13

A reading from the book of Revelation

I, John, heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: Blessed are

the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Yes," said the

Spirit, "let them find rest from their labors, for their works

accompany them."


Number: 18 NT Revelation 20:11-21:1


I, John, saw a large white throne and the one who was sitting on

it. The earth and the sky fled from his presence and there was no

place for them. I saw the dead, the great and the lowly, standing

before the throne, and scrolls were opened. Then another scroll

was opened, the book of life. The dead were judged according to

their deeds, by what was written in the scrolls. The sea gave up

its dead; then Death and Hades gave up their dead. All the dead

were judged according to their deeds. Then Death and Hades

were thrown into the pool of fire. (This pool of fire is the second

death.) Anyone whose name was not found written in the book

of life was thrown into the pool of fire.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven

and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of

heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.


Number: 19 NT Revelation 21::1-5a, 6b-7


I, John, saw a new heaven and a new earth. The former heaven

and the former earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

I also saw the holy city, a new Jerusalem, coming down out of

heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. I

heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, God's

dwelling is with the human race. He will dwell with them and

they will be his people and God himself will always be with

them as their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes, and

there shall be no more death or mourning, wailing or pain, (for)

the old order has passed away."

The one who sat on the throne said, "Behold, I make all things

new. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end.

To the thirsty I will give a gift from the spring of life-giving

water. The victor will inherit these gifts, and I shall be his God,

and he will be my son."


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